Questions tagged [government]
For questions about the administration, governance and general exercise of authority over a politically organized territory or other political grouping.
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How did Israel support Hamas precisely?
Before the 7 October attacks, some Israeli officials considered that, at a political level, Hamas was an asset. This Intercept article details the logic:
Hamas, in that sense, has been a convenient ...
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What kind of government organization does Alain de Benoist seek?
Alain de Benoist's main focus is "identity".
This article says that Alain de Benoist is both a "conservative and “socialist””. A wikipedia article says that he is also a radical ...
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Is there an official reason why Kamala Harris wasn't present during the bilateral meeting between China and the U.S. during the APEC summit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avebny5UeB8
The video shows a meeting between the Chinese delegation and some senior American officials, but I don't see Kamala Harris, the vice president. Is there a ...
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Who is the U.S. official with the highest position within the U.S. government who has dual citizenship?
Who is the U.S. official with the highest position within the U.S. government who has dual citizenship? I was thinking of Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I am not sure if he's the highest ranked, and I am ...
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When was the last/prior time a former PM served in another (non-PM) position in the UK government?
CNN:
Sunak then announced he was bringing Cameron back to frontline politics as foreign secretary, in a stunning move that has few parallels in recent British political history.
Cameron served as ...
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What's the rationale for spending big on athlete development for the Olympics?
TOKYO -- Countries typically splurge on their athletic teams to win
medals at the Olympics. But how has this improved their athlete's
performance?
An analysis involving investment by governments and ...
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Does the White House Chief of Staff in the US hold considerable power over others?
In various TV shows I've seen that the CoS has considerable influence over the executive and is shown to be "more powerful" (in some sense) than Secretaries (of State, of Defence, etc).
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Can the U.S. president suspend any government officials given a good enough reason?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday suspended the
minister from a far-right party in the coalition government and from
cabinet meetings “until further notice”.
https://www.aljazeera....
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What is the purpose of observers within a war cabinet?
During the 2023 Israel–Hamas War, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
announced a war cabinet of the following composition.[40][41]
3 full members:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Israeli officials taking responsibility for a miscalculation in predicting a possible Hamas attack
I read in the news that the Israeli Defense Minister took responsibility for the 7/10 Hamas threat assessment/attack miscalculation (unfortunately I can't find a reference to this).
Is this true?
Did ...
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Why is are the terms government party and opposition party rarely used to describe the parties in the USA?
Much as Brazil, Ghana, Canada, Britain, most countries really, use these terms in these senses of that the party supplying the head of government is the governing or ruling party and the others are ...
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What are some means that multi-party coalitions can use to ensure that they are held as accountable as possible?
The literature on comparative political institutions highlights a
tradeoff between majoritarian/plurality and proportional/consensus
models of democracy. The former arrangement is said to enhance ...
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Who is the Israeli official that said that Gaza would be reduced to “a city of tents”?
An article in the Washington Post mentions that:
On Tuesday, an Israeli official told the country’s Channel 13 that Gaza would be reduced to “a city of tents.”
I'm trying to understand how serious &...
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What advantages do smaller countries have over bigger ones for achieving effectiveness?
https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/wb_government_effectiveness/
Definition: The index of Government Effectiveness captures perceptions
of the quality of public services, the quality of the ...
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Is there a democracy where the national government can directly determine the zoning of a municipality?
In urban planning, zoning is a method in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into "zones", each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs ...
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How does the CCP prevent the minority parties from obtaining too many seats and is there a hard cap on how many seats they can get?
While only the CCP holds effective power at the national level, there
are officially eight minor parties that exist alongside the CCP.[2]
Founded before the proclamation of the People's Republic of ...
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Success ratio of petition
I self-drafted a Public Interest Litigation petition (Criminal) against the appointment of the Director (HR) of a Central Public Sector Enterprise in India against whom multiple complaints of ...
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Does America have political factions like those in China
There are political factions in China, I am wondering if there are also factions within the U.S. government. I am not talking about the Democrats and the Republicans, although maybe those could be ...
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What are the benefits of digitizing the government?
Schools with outdated computers. Health authorities relying on fax
machines. Town offices that offer few or none of their services online
— that's the reality in Germany in 2021.
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Is Marriyum Aurangzeb no longer in the Pakistani cabinet?
Wikipedia lists her tenure a minister ending on August 10,
but she's still listed as minister on the government's website.
Marriyum Aurangzeb is the current Federal Minister for Information and ...
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Are there ethnically non-Chinese members of the CCP right now?
Are there ethnically non-Chinese (non-Chinese ethnicities) members of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) right now?
There are a few people like Israel Epstein who were members of the CCP, but as of now ...
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Exploring the causal mechanisms between democratization and economy growth
I have been reading a lot recently on a classic polsci question on the relationship between democratization and economic outcomes(see Boix & Stokes, 2003; Coppedge, in press; Epstein, Bates, ...
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Does Vladimir Putin need the consent of his prime minister in order to appoint or remove a member of the Russian government?
The president is empowered to appoint the prime minister to chair the
Government (called the cabinet or the council of ministers in other
countries), with the consent of the State Duma. The President ...
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Examples of planned rotation of power in the governing coalition within the European Union
According to the conditions agreed upon when the Liberals and the Social Democrats decided to govern together in the autumn of 2021, the current Romanian Prime Minister should have resigned and ...
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How does the Communist Party of China (CPC) keep the factions in check?
There are several factions within the CPC that compete for power, how does the Chinese government keep them in check to ensure that they don't destroy each other? There are two main factions and some ...
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How can central government intervene when a council declares itself bankrupt?
As quoted by the Guardian and a local news website, Woking borough council is on the verge of bankruptcy (due to failed investments and financial mismanagement.) To put in context how much debt the ...
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How does China reduce the amount of leaks?
It seems like leaks are prevalent in public administrations in Western democracies such as the United States, which explains why Wikileaks became such a big problem for the U.S. However, strangely ...
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Which countries provide their citizens with quick and easy ways to get current status of public projects?
Governments around the world finance many "projects" , for example infrastructure(highways, railways, etc.) or public facilities(hospitals, schools, etc.)
Once such a project is announced, ...
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Why has Libertarianism achieved so little as a political ideology in the World?
Since Libertarianism can be defined as a political philosophy that advocates only minimal state intervention in the free market and the private lives of citizens, but when it comes to actual policies, ...
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Bank and state cooperation in green transition: What is the political nature of this alliance?
Are there any political scientists addressing the relationship between banks and states in the era of climate change?
I know this is a broad topic and I would assume I could easily find research ...
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Have any large governments had any explicit 'we won't assassinate opposing government leaders unless they do X' policies?
The general rules are that assassinating of leaders of a country are a no-go for any modern country. partially because of the extreme retaliation that would result, partially because you open the ...
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Are there developed countries where elected officials can easily terminate government workers?
As per the answer to Can the US President fire government employees for poor performance? it seems like government employees are very hard to fire in the US. Are there developed countries where this ...
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What do countries do to ensure that R&D budget for science or technology in general coming from the government is spent effectively?
What do countries do to ensure that R&D budget for science or technology in general coming from the government is spent effectively? Often countries give a 1+ billion stimulus package for R&D ...
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Can Indian state or central governments refuse to comply with court decisions, and if so, what are the consequences?
Usually, the Government (states or Central) comply with the orders of the High Courts or the Supreme Court.
I'm having trouble finding answers for a very simple question - What are the consequences of ...
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Why do government employees pay income taxes?
Government employees' salaries are paid for by taxes levied by the government on the labour income of employees among other. Why do governments not simply pay their own employees tax-free salaries?
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How uncommon is it for a Prime Minister not to respond to an urgent question themselves?
Quite a lot has been made of Liz Truss not attending the House of Commons to answer an urgent question from the Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer on her decision to replace the Chancellor of the ...
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Since VOC and EIC, have there been countries run explicitly for profit?
The VOC (Dutch East India Company) and EIC (East India Company) were joint stock companies that took control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent in the seventeenth century.
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Had NATO tried all 198 non-violent protests in opposition to the Russian invasion, before resorting to arming Ukraine? [closed]
Had NATO tried every single non-violent protest method against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine war prior to handing Ukraine arms?
For example, it has yet to disclose the names of all known ...
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Why do the governments of expatriates not subsidize/fund language education for their expatriate's children? [closed]
Why do the governments using language X of expatriates not subsidize/fund X language education for their expatriate's children?
If they want to make their expatriates and the children to return, they ...
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Was anyone in Orbán's circle reported w/ clear & convincing evidence to have engaged in compelling adverse interest w/ the anecdotal "carrot & stick"?
Has there been any cases where, say, a video recording or audio recording stood as manifest proof of anyone within Fidesz, people with close ties thereto, NER or his family to have offered the stick ...
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Governments can organize themselves into a few bodies, or into many (ministries, agencies, etc.) What are the relative advantages and disadvantage?
For example, Japan, Germany and some other countries have governments organized into a small number of bodies Whereas Canada, Indonesia, Pakistan, and other countries have many.
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Aside the White House press conference, can the U.S. government give other types of access to certain journalists and news organizations?
In November 2018, Jim Acosta had his press credentials revoked by the White House, thereby barring his access to the White House press conferences.
CNN brought a lawsuit naming the president himself, ...
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How can one check whether tax money is being effectively used by the government for improving a nation?
Often people are critical of what they consider to be excessive taxation. Are there any measures to actually check if they are excessive? What are indicators to check as to whether government is ...
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Why is the US listed as a "flawed democracy" in the Democracy Index?
I was reading Wikipedia's Democracy Index and it shows the United States as a "Flawed Democracy". Reading in more detail, the article points out that the US has low scores in "...
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What is the equivalent of the "President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition" in other G20 countries such as China?
The President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) is a
federal advisory committee that aims to promote healthy eating and
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What can NGOs do to insure they're completely independent, or lessen the influence of government actors?
They have been accused of being designed by, and used as extensions
of, the foreign-policy instruments of some Western countries and
groups of countries.[95][96] Russian president Vladimir Putin made
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Where is information stored, that shouldn't nessecarily be stored in law but still needed in government [closed]
A law is defined as:
the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
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Why governments are against "producing" people in artificial wombs? [closed]
Many countries and regions have demographic problems, including all of Eastern Europe, Germany, Russia, and Japan. The reason - low birthrates and/or emigration to more developed countries.
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Can the Swedish government dissolve the parliament while serving as caretaker government?
I was reading about the 2018-2019 Swedish government crisis and something caught my interest.
The short story is that after the 2018 general election, the Swedish parliament took almsot 4 months to ...
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How would I find Ancestry/Ethnicity data by state on Census.gov?
I am trying to find out, on a state-by-state (city/county as well, if possible) basis, what the population makeup is based on ancestry/ethnicity (i.e. Polish). For example, "what percentage of ...
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